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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

University Grants Commission
(Institutions Deemed to be Universities) (Amendments) Regulations, 2014.

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 1st May, 2014

No. F. 6-1(ii)/2006(CPP-I/DU), 1. (1) These may be called the UGC (Institutions Deemed to be
Universities) (Amendments) Regulations, 2014.
(2) They shall come into from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In regulation 4 of the UGC (institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2010
(hereinafter referred to as the principal Regulation)
(a) for clause 4.5, the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“4.5 Shall not be an institution imparting education leading to conventional degrees
only, without strong inter-disciplinary and innovative programmes with matching
research capabilities and should have achieved peer recognition and verifiable scholarly
attainment and research output. For example, it shall not be limited to imparting
programmes in engineering or management or medicine or pharmacy or dental sciences,
etc., which can continue to be offered with the existing status of a college.”
(b) after clause 4.18, following clause shall be inserted, namely:--

“4.19 Has been an “autonomous college’ for five or more years and currently with valid
accreditation with ‘A’ Grade by a recognized accreditation authority and conferred
status of a ‘College with potential for Excellence’ or of ‘College of Excellence’ by the
Commission.”
3. In regulation 5 of the principal Regulation –

(a) for clause 5.1, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“5.1 The proposed institution deemed to be university shall be registered as a not-for-
profit Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 or as a not-for-profit Trust under
the Public Trust Act, or as a not-for- profit company under section 8 of the Companies
Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the Managing Society/Trust/Company), which
shall be owned by a not-for-profit Society registered under the Societies Registration
Act, or a not-for-profit Trust registered under the Public Trust Act, or a not-for-profit
company registered under section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred
to as the Sponsoring Society/Trust/Company), or in case of a public funded deemed to
be university, by the Government:
Provided that the members/trustees/promoters of a Managing Society/Trust/Company
of a deemed to be a university, not being a public funded deemed to be university,
shall not be directly or indirectly connected with the members/trustees/promoters of the
sponsoring Society/Trust/Company.”

(b) for clause 5.2 the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“5.2 Among the authorities of the deemed to be universities, there shall be a Chancellor
who shall be appointed by the sponsoring Society/Trust/Company and shall be an
eminent educationist or a distinguished public figure other the President/Trustee/
promoter of the sponsoring Society/Trust/Company or his/her close relative.”
(c) in clause 5.4, the words ‘or a distinguished academic’ shall be deleted.

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